Montclair State Celebrates 2009 Commencement, 5/22

Montclair
State University will hold its 2009 Commencement exercises on Friday, May 22,
at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ, conferring 3,573 degrees in science
and mathematics, humanities and the social sciences, business, the arts, and
education.

Newark
Mayor Cory Booker will deliver the
keynote address to the graduates and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Businessman and philanthropist John J.
Cali will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

Additional
honorary degrees will be conferred at the 2009 school and college convocation
ceremonies:

Lisa Perez Jackson, administrator at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the
College of Science and Mathematics on Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m.

Jonathan H. Alter, senior editor and columnist for
Newsweek, will receive an honorary
Doctor of Letters degree from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences on
Sunday, May 17 at 1 p.m.

Lucille E. Davy, New Jersey State Commissioner
of Education, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College
of Education and Human Services on Thursday, May 14, at 7 p.m.

Kornel Terplan, telecommunications expert, will
receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the College of the Arts on
Friday. May 15, at 7 p.m.

James M. Cracchiolo, chairman and CEO of Ameriprise
Financial, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the
School of Business on Saturday, May 16, at 3 p.m.

Rev. Audrey V. Leef, professor emerita, Montclair
State University, will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the
Graduate School on Sunday, May 17 at 7 p.m.